Combined garment form and hanger



Feb. 5, 1952 R. WALTON COMBINED GARMENT FORM AND HANGER 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1Filed Aug. 15, 1946 INVENTOR RichardR.Wa H65 v 6% n TTCRN 5y Feb. 5,1952 WALTON I 2,584,218

COMBINED GARMENT FORM AND HANGER Filed Aug. 1 3, 1946 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 l20 l I I MIWI 48 46 9M za" I INVENTOR. barol I 4 4 TfORNEY Patented Feb.5, 1952 COMBINED GARMENT FORM AND HANGER Richard R. Walton, UnitedStates Army, Washington, D. C.

ApplicationAugust'B, 1946,'Serial No. 690,192

3 Claims.

(Granted under the act of March -3,

amended April 30, 1928; 3 70 0. G.

on a large scale for the suspension of the finished garments from racks.The customer receives the garments on the hanger, either wrapped orunwrapped. It is frequently the case that the garment is handled in sucha way by the customer prior to his arrival home, that the garment hasbecome rumpled or wrinkled.

Devices have been proposed for the suspension of garments inside trunksor similar containers, which are designed to preserve the shape of thegarments by wrapping the said garments around one edge of the device.Such devices are customarily made of wood or similar comparatively thickand heavy material. Such devices do not adapt themselves readily tocheap mass production, and thus are not likely to be used by laundry ordry-cleaning establishments for the purpose of giving them away to theircustomers.

"it is thus an object of the present invention to provide a combinedgarment form and hanger which serves for the support of a garment from arack, and as a shape-preserving form during transportation of thegarment.

Another object of the invention is a garment form and hanger, which ismass-produced cheaply from sheet material, such as pasteboard.

Still another object of the present invention is an advertising devicewhich may be imprinted with the name of commercial establishments andgiven away to customers of laundry or dry-cleaning establishments whenthey call for their garments.

These and other objects of my invention are carried out in accordancewith my invention by a rectangular device of sheet material adapted tobe suspended from a rack, and supporting a garment hanger within theoutlines of the rectangle, two parallel edges of therectangle serving asa garment form.

Several embodiments of such a device are more fully described andillustrated in the following description, and in the accompanyingdrawings in which i Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one form of mydevice, in use as a garment form.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same device, in use as a garmenthanger. I

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the device illustrated inFigs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a modified form of my device.

5 is a section through Fig. 2 along lines Fig. 5 is a section throughFig. 3 along lines 8-5.

Fig. 7 is a section through Fig. i along lines 1'i.

Fig. 8 is a front elevation of another modification of my device, inwhich the garment-holder portion is in a plane parallel to the plane ofthe garment form.

Fig. 9 is :a section through Fig. 8 along lines 9-9.

Fig. 10 is another modified form of my device, wherein a garment form ofsheet material is associated with a shaped garment hanger which need notbe or sheet material.

Fig. 11 is a section through Fig. 10 along lines li-I I. Fig. 12 is adetail of the device illustrated in Fig. 10, showing the manner in whichthe garment hanger is associated with the garment form.

Fig. 13 is a front elevation of the blank from which the garment formillustrated in Fig. 10 is formed.

"More particularly, the rectangular sheet-material body serving as thegarment form or core is designated H in the embodiment illustrated inFigs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings. A suit of clothes A is suspended fromthe device in a manner presently to be described, and is wrapped aroundtwo parallel edges of rectangle II and thus protected from beingwrinkled or rumpled in transport. The clothes may be protected againstaccidental unwrapping by means of a string or similar means (not shown).

As shown in Fig. 2, rectangular sheet H is divided into upper portion l2and lower portion !3. Portions l2 and I3 are in yieldable hingedrelationship, hinge It, M being constituted, for instance, by a linescored in the sheet material of sheet I 5. Lines 14, I4. commence at theedges of sheet II and extend inwardly parallel to parallel edges l5 andI6 ofsheet H to points IT, IT. In-

termediate the points H and I1, portion 12 constitutes a coat hanger I8depending therefrom and consisting of shank I9 and garment support 20.Shank I9 and support 20 are outlined by cut 2| which extends inwardlyfrom point I? to define one shoulder of shank I9, then outwardly todefine one shoulder engaging edge of support 20, thence in a directionparallel to edges I and It to define the lower edge of support 26, andthen conversely to define the other shoulder of support 20 and shank I9until it arrives at point I I. Lower portion I 3 can thus be bent out ofthe plane of upper section I2 and garment support 26, as is shown indetail in Fig. 5. In the recess 22 formed in the lower section ofportion 53 by cutting the garment hanger I8 therefrom, a pair oftrousers or a skirt can be accommodated by placing the same over the bar23 which is bounded by lower edge It and by that portion of out 2i whichruns parallel to edge I6. A coat suspended from hanger 2!! and a pair oftrousers suspended from bar 23 are then wrapped around edges i5 and I6of device II in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1.

Rectangular sheet I I may be made of any suitable sheet material, suchas pasteboard, galvanized sheet iron, aluminum, wood, etc. Of theenumerated materials, which exemplify but do not exhaust the list ofsuitable materials, pasteboard recommends itself for its cheapness andeasy workability. Advertising slogans may be printed on the pasteboard,or afiixed to whatever other material is selected for the manufacture ofthe device.

My combined garment form and hanger can itself be suspended from ahorizontal bar 24 of a clothes rack by suspension means such as the hook25 pivoted to portion I2 on a point located above the center of gravityof sheet I I and situated on the axis of symmetry 25 thereof (see Fig.3).

Another suspension means for my combined garment form and hanger isillustrated in Fig. 4. A slot 2'! commences laterally of the axis ofsymmetry 25' of rectangular sheet II at the upper edge I5 of upperportion I2 thereof. The slot, wide enough to accommodate a horizontalbar 24 of a clothes rack (see Fig. 5), extends a distance downwardly,then laterally to a point above the center of gravity of sheet II, whereit is redoubled on itself and extends upwardly to a point 28 situated onaxis of symmetry 26'. Thus, if the horizontal bar is inserted in slot2?, it abuts against upper portion I2 at point 28, and device II and anyclothes suspended therefrom will be accurately balanced and will swingfreely.

Lower portion I3 of sheet II, as illustrated in Fig. 4, is joined toupper portion I2 by a paper or canvas strip hinge 29, 29', which extendsto points 39, 39', at which latter points shank I9 and garment support2H are formed from upper portion I2.

Whether the hinge which joins the upper portion and lower portion of mydevice is constituted by a line scored in the material from which thedevice is made, or by a paper or canvas strip hinge, or by aconventional knuckle hinge (not shown), is a matter of choice and mainlydepends on the sheet material selected.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 of the drawings, thehinge which connects the upper and lower portions of the device isdispensed with, and shank. I9" is bent out of the plane of sheet II" ona line 30 which runs parallel to upper edge I5" and lower edge I6 of thedevice. Garment support 20" extends from shank IS in a plane parallel tothe plane of sheet II. Trousers or a skirt may be draped over bar 23"which is integral with lower portion I3". Suspension means, such as hook25", are shown pivoted to upper portion or bar I2 of sheet II". It willbe understood that the slot suspension means illustrated in Fig. 4 maybe substituted to equal advantage for those illustrated in Figs. 8 and9.

In a further modified form illustrated in Figs. 10 to 13, sheet III isdivided into an upper portion H2 and lower portion M3 by a hinged linescored therein at line I14, which runs parallel to upper edge H5 andlower edge IIG of the device. Upper portion I I2 is further scored atlines H1 and H8 running parallel to scored line IM. Upper portion H2 isfolded along lines H4, H1 and H8, and a clothes hanger H9, consisting ofsuspension hook I20, shank I 2I and garment support I22, is inserted inthe fold. The hook I20 oi hanger II 8 abuts against edge H5 of device III, and is retained against lateral displacement by releasable means suchas clips I23. I23 which retain the upper portion H2 in folded position.The pressure of clips I23, I23 holds clothes hanger H9 flat against thelower portion H3 of sheet I I I; however, the resiliency of the materialof sheet III and of clothes hanger H9 permits the latter to be deflectedfrom the plane of the former sufiiciently to permit the suspension ofgarments A therefrom. These garments may be wrapped around sheet IIIover its parallel edges, for protection against wrinkling and rumpling.

When it is desired to blunt the parallel edges of the rectangulargarment form, additional lines parallel and close to such edges may bescored in the material of the sheet, and the edges bent along suchlines. For instance, in the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 10 to 13,lines I24 and I25 are scored in lower portion II3 of sheet III near andparallel to lower edge H6 thereof, and the sheet is bent along thoselines to present a blunt contact surface to clothes A along the line oftheir turn around sheet III.

Sheet III may itself be suspended by pivoted hook I26.

I have illustrated in the foregoing description of my appended drawingsseveral embodiments of my invention by way of example. It is clear,however, that other embodiments within the spirit of my invention can bedesigned without departing from the plan of my invention, by changingproportions or forms of individual parts or similar obvious alterations.Such changes are within the scope of my invention, which is defined inthe appended claims.

I claim:

l. A combined garment form and hanger. comprising a rectangle of sheetmaterial folded upon itself along a plurality of lines scored in saidrectangle parallel to one of its edges, and a shaped garment hangercomprising a garment supporting portion and a hook, said hook beingretained in said folded portion of said rectangle.

' 2. A combined garment form and hanger. comprising a rectangle of sheetmaterial folded upon itself along a plurality of lines scored in saidrectangle parallel to one of its edges, means for retaining saidrectangular sheet in folded position, and a shaped garment hangercomprising a garment-supporting portion and a hook, said hook beingretained in said folded portion of said rectangle.

3. A combined garment form and hanger, comprising a rectangle of sheetmaterial folded 5 upon itself along a plurality of lines scored in saidrectangle parallel to one of its edges, releasable means for retainingsaid rectangular sheet in folded position, and a shaped garment hangercomprising a garment-supporting portion and a hook, said hook beingretained in said folded portion of said rectangle.

RICHARD R. WALTON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

Number 6 UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Smith Mar. 8, 1927 Hopkins May31, 1932 Likly Mar. 20, 1934 Huye Dec. 30, 1941 Bracken Jan. 4, 1944Kahn Jan. 2, 1945 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Number Great Britain June25, 1934

